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World / Africa

Top Zimbabwe court confirms Mnangagwa's presidential election victory 24 Aug 2018 - 08:43 pm
Emmerson Mnangagwa
German minister expresses optimism after visit to Eritrea 24 Aug 2018 - 07:18 pm
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Sierra Leone wants more girls in school - but not if pregnant 23 Aug 2018 - 08:36 pm
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Zimbabwe court to rule Friday on opposition's vote challenge 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am
Riot police arrive at a press conference due to be addressed by opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa, ordering journalist out of the venue in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 3, 2018. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Tributes pour in for former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan 19 Aug 2018 - 12:48 pm
In this file photo taken on June 22, 2012 Arab League Special Envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, listens to the media questions during a press conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva. / AFP / SEBASTIEN BOZON
Kofi Annan: the UN's 'rock star' secretary-general 18 Aug 2018 - 03:21 pm
In this file photo Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan shows an AK-47 assault rifle that has been transformed into a guitar in front of workers at Vienna's United Nations headquarters. (AFP / SAMUEL KUBANI)
Demolitions to protect river spark rows in Kenyan capital 18 Aug 2018 - 02:48 am
People watch as heavy machinery demolishes the Ukay Mall in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya, August 14, 2018. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita re-elected Mali president by a landslide 17 Aug 2018 - 02:56 am
Supporters of Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita celebrate at the Rally for Mali (RPM) party's headquarters in Bamako, Mali August 16, 2018. Reuters/Luc Gnago
No handshakes, no helmets in eastern Congo city preparing for Ebola 16 Aug 2018 - 08:33 pm
A family member of a deceased, unconfirmed Ebola patient, reacts inside an Ebola Treatment Centre run by The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) on August 13, 2018, in Beni. AFP / John Wessels
Kenyan farmers toast growing European demand for avocados 15 Aug 2018 - 01:16 pm
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Mali president claims election victory amid fraud accusations 15 Aug 2018 - 03:01 am
FILE PHOTO: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali and candidate for Rally for Mali party (RPM), casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Bamako, Mali July, 29 2018. Reuters/Luc Gnago
24 dead, 19 wounded in Ecuador bus crash 14 Aug 2018 - 09:10 pm
The wreckage of the bus is seen in Papallacta, Ecuador August 13, 2018, in this still image obtained from social media on August 14, 2018. Bomberos Quito/Reuters
UN, EU urge restraint in Mali after opposition leader spurns results 14 Aug 2018 - 08:40 pm
Acrobats perform outside the headquarters of Mali's incumbent president and candidate to his re-election in Bamako on August 13, 2018, in a show of support for the incumbent president one day after a presidential runoff vote. AFP / Michele Cattani
Mali opposition leader rejects results as counting underway 13 Aug 2018 - 09:58 pm
Malian Opposition leader and presidential candidate SoumaIila Cisse and his wife Astan Traore waves to supporters in the front of his residence on August 13, 2018 in Bamako a day after the runoff vote in Mali's presidential election.  AFP / Issouf Sanogo
Mnangagwa says disputed Zimbabwe election 'behind us' 13 Aug 2018 - 07:28 pm
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (C) gestures during the Heroes Day commemorations held at the National Heroes Acre in Harare August 13, 2018.  AFP / Jekesai Njikizana
Mali in presidential runoff overshadowed by security crisis 12 Aug 2018 - 09:39 am
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali and candidate of Rally for Mali party (RPM), speaks during a rally, ahead of the second round of Mali's presidential election, in Bamako, Mali August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Congo's latest Ebola outbreak taking place in a war zone 11 Aug 2018 - 11:09 pm
A Congolese health worker checks the temperature of a child before the launch of vaccination campaign against the deadly Ebola virus near Mangina village, near the town of Beni, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 8, 2018. R
Cholera kills 13 in Niger: UN 11 Aug 2018 - 06:55 pm
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